Art makes invisible visible!!As I personally participate in many competitions and also involve my students in competitions, I find myself thinking about the drawings I prepare for competitions.
Preparing for various national and international competitions is definitely helpful to artists. This is because when you are immersed in your own world and drawing, you may discover your own weaknesses that you might otherwise miss, or you may become motivated by looking at other artists' paintings. This type of challenge clearly has the same benefits whether you pass or fail. I know this advantage very well, I am excited when I pass, as if I've received a medal, but I don't get discouraged easily when I don't pass. The problem is that not trying has worse consequences than failing. In particular, children's art contests have no entry fee. This means that children can very easily have their works judged, participate in competitions together, and have a great opportunity to upgrade themselves by preparing for the competition. For example, last year I encouraged my students to participate in the ‘Save the Frogs!’ contest. And there were actually visible achievements. I was able to confirm that it was a great opportunity for students to think about endangered frogs while preparing for this competition. While preparing for the competition, we paid attention to the 'ribbit' sound made by frogs and explored the frog's ecology and surrounding habitats. We thought in detail about the beauty of frogs that could be expressed as a work of art, and worked together to create a picture that would change the perception of frogs in order to encourage people around them to protect frogs. As I coached and watched this process, I realized that I too had upgraded. And I continued to challenge other competitions. As I challenge my students, I find that they are no longer focused on winning or losing. The process of preparing for this itself is very meaningful, and even after the results are announced, looking at the successful drawings provides an opportunity to discover problems and make further improvements. And as I prepare for the competition, I realize that the drawings for the competition must be very attractive. Media, creativity, expression, color, etc. should be organized to be as noticeable and attractive as possible. And most importantly, you must draw a picture that fits the theme of each competition. Above is a drawing drawn by 8-year-old Victoria for a wind art contest we are currently preparing. I like this picture very much. Because this painting creatively expresses the beauty of wind power from a child's perspective. When Victoria paints, she doesn't worry about how to draw well. She knows her expressive joy and paints very boldly. As she draws her pictures, she comments on these pictures. I love hearing that explanation. And I think I really enjoy this kind of expressiveness and creativity when I draw. I don't think it's a coincidence that she won the Picasso Art Contest, an international art contest. I think it's important to teach people like Victoria, who can come up with something completely new creatively through continuous storytelling. We need to think more about how to create focus for this kind of creativity. This painting confirms once again that the painting is not an explanation based on theoretical standards, but rather an expression of one's dream.
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